Urban landscapes in Iron Age Iberia

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Foreword ??? Manuel Fern??ndez-G??tz

Chapter 1. Compared Anatomies, Compared Societies of the Iberian Iron Age throughout Archaeological Analysis ??? Victorino Mayoral Herrera, Ignasi Grau Mira and Juan Pedro Bell??n Ruiz

Chapter 2. Iron Age Urbanism in the North-West of the Iberian Peninsula: New Challenges Provided by Non-Invasive Archaeology ??? David Gonz??lez-??lvarez, Vega Arribas-Greciano, Pastor F??brega-??lvarez, Jes??s Garc??a S??nchez, Rodrigo Gonz??lez-Camino, Samuel Ni??n-??lvarez, Carlos Otero-Vilari??o and C??sar Parcero-Oubi??a

Chapter 3. Oppida-Based Social Organization in the Duero Valley during the Late Iron Age. A View on the Contribution of Non-Invasive Archaeology from Aerial Photography to Geoprospection ??? Jes??s Garc??a S??nchez

Chapter 4. Iron Age Urban Landscapes in the Ambl??s Valley (??vila) ??? Jes??s Rodr??guez-Hern??ndez, Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero and Jes??s R. ??lvarez-Sanch??s

Chapter 5. Late Iron Age Hillforts and Oppida of the Middle Tagus Basin (Spain). A Comparative Anatomy ??? Victorino Mayoral, Carmen Pro, Elia Quir??s and Maite de Tena

Chapter 6. The ???Fornacis??? Project: Geophysical and Archaeometallurgical Survey ??? Alonso Rodr??guez D??az, Ignacio Pav??n Soldevila and David M. Duque Espino

Chapter 7. Tejada la Vieja ??? Protohistoric Settlement Design Revealed by Ground-Penetrating Radar ??? Clara Toscano Perez, Cornelius Meyer and Roger Sala Bartrol??

Chapter 8. Hidden Anatomies: The Genesis and Development of the First Urban Network in the Lower Guadalquivir Valley ??? Francisco Jos?? Garc??a Fern??ndez and Eduardo Ferrer Albelda

Chapter 9. Iron Age Iberian Urban Sites in the Guadalbull??n River Valley: Iliturgi (Meng??bar, Ja??n) and Puente Tablas (Ja??n), Two Models of Archaeological Research ??? Carmen Rueda Gal??n, Juan Pedro Bell??n Ruiz, Miguel ??ngel Lechuga Chica, Arturo Ruiz Rodr??guez, Manuel Molinos Molinos, Dar??o Garrido Almagro and Mar??a Jos?? Cabrera Lara

Chapter 10. Pathways to Urbanization. Aggregation and Social Organization in a Mediterranean Mountain Landscape during the Early Iron Age (Segura Basin, Inland Iberia) ??? Susana Gonz??lez Reyero, F. Javier S??nchez-Palencia Ramos and Miriam Alba Luz??n

Chapter 11. Disentangling the Urban Settlements and Societies in the Iron Age of Eastern Iberia (450???200 BC) ??? Ignasi Grau Mira

Chapter 12. Non-Invasive Methods Applied to the Analysis of Urban Centres in North-Eastern Iberia during the Iron Age ??? Jaume Noguera, David Asensio, Roguer Sala, Judith Mu??oz, Jordi Morer, Pau Men??ndez, Rafel Jornet, David Jimeno, Borja Gil and Aureli ??lvarez

Chapter 13. Social and Functional Characterisation of Urban Settlements in Northern Iberia during the Iron Age ??? David Asensio, Jaume Noguera, Gabriel de Prado, Ferr??n Codina, Pau Men??ndez, Jordi Morer, Rafel Jornet, Judith Mu??oz, Joaquim Garcia Rosell??, David Jimeno, Borja Gil and Aureli ??lvarez

About the Author

Victorino Mayoral Herrera is a Tenured Scientist in the M??rida Institute of Archaeology (Spanish Council of Scientific Research-Government of Extremadura). He specializes in landscape archaeological studies, mainly focused on the Late Iron Age and early Roman period and the potential of non-invasive archaeology.

Juan Pedro Bell??n is a Tenured Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Ja??n (Department of Historical Heritage) and Researcher in the Institute of Iberian Archaeology of the University of Ja??n. He is a specialist in conflict archaeology (Second Punic War), the archaeology of the Iberian Culture, the history of archaeology, Iron Age archaeology and landscape studies.

Ignasi Grau Mira is a Full Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology, Ancient History and Classics at the University of Alicante, where he is also a researcher at the Institute for Research in Archaeology and Historical Heritage (INAPH). He specialises in landscape archaeology linked to social organisation and dynamics, principally in the ancient Mediterranean but also working in South America and Oceania.